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Nov 09, 3:13 AM EST Newsletter Signup BusinessTechnologyWorldNationalMedia & CultureOpinionSportsLuxury World By Susmitha Suresh 11/09/18 AT 2:42 AM South Korea said Friday it will hold another round of negotiations next week with the United States regarding sharing the cost of stationing American troops in the country.This would mark the ninth round of negotiations in relation to the Special Measures Agreement (SMA). According to a press release from March regarding the SMA, the Republic of Korea (ROK) has helped “offset the costs of stationing U.S. forces through the SMA mechanism. Under the current five-year SMA that expires on Dec. 31, 2018, the ROK provided approximately $830 million per year.”The current SMA expires in December, which meant both countries were running out of time for as far an agreement was concerned. A report from Yonhap News Agency said South Korean officials were aiming to strike a deal in the four-day talks set to open in Honolulu, … [Read more...] about US-South Korea Negotiations On Sharing Costs Of American Troops Next Week

Robert Burns Associated Press Published 11:27 AM EDT Oct 19, 2018 Singapore – The United States and South Korea are scrapping another major military exercise this year, a Pentagon official said Friday, citing a push for diplomatic progress with North Korea. The top Pentagon spokeswoman, Dana W. White, said Washington and Seoul are suspending an air exercise known as Vigilant Ace “to give the diplomatic process every opportunity to continue.” It was the latest move aimed at trying to nudge North Korea into negotiating about giving up its nuclear weapons in a way that can be verified. Vigilant Ace is an annual exercise last held in December 2017. White said Mattis and his South Korean counterpart are “committed to modifying training exercises to ensure the readiness of our forces.” “They pledged to maintain close coordination and evaluate future exercises,” she said. She said Mattis consulted Japan’s Minister of Defense Takeshi Iwaya … [Read more...] about US, S. Korea again call off a major military exercise

SEOUL, South Korea -- South Korea on Thursday walked back on a proposal to lift some of its unilateral sanctions against North Korea following U.S. President Donald Trump's blunt retort that Seoul could "do nothing" without Washington's approval. Foreign Minister Kang Kyung-wha had said on Wednesday that Seoul was considering lifting measures applied after a deadly attack in 2010 that killed 46 South Korean sailors. She cited the intent to create more diplomatic momentum for talks over North Korea's nuclear program. South Korean conservatives reacted with anger as well, and Kang's ministry downplayed her comments later, saying in a statement that the government has yet to start a "full-fledged" review of sanctions, meaning no decision was imminent. Unification Minister Cho Myoung-gyon told a parliamentary audit on Thursday there has been no serious consideration given to lifting the sanctions and that doing so would be hard unless North Korea acknowledges responsibility for the 2010 … [Read more...] about Under pressure, South Korea backs off talk of easing sanctions on North

The East-Asian country, South Korea has decided to combat 'Fake News' and on Tuesday the officials stated that it is a 'destroyer of democracy.' But, conservative critics see the attempt as a trap to paralyze freedom of speech. South Korean Prime minister Lee Nak-yon said at a cabinet meeting that the surge of fake news in the country, not only interfering into citizens' privacy but also violating country's national security and foreign policies, as well as affecting its relations with North Korea. PM Lee became furious last week after his visit to Vietnam, where he attended the state funeral for the president Tran Dai Quang, who died on September 21. He went to visit the stilt house of Ho Chi Minh and wrote in the visitor's book, which was in the compound that he felt 'humble' before the great Vietnamese leader. It should be noted that during the Vietnam War, South Korean troops also fought against the Vietnamese shoulders and supported US in the battlefield. However, after the … [Read more...] about War against ‘Fake News’ or destroying freedom of speech? South Korea’s move being judged by critics